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2020 Strade Bianche, Features, Interviews, Racing, Stolen Bike, Trek Emonda -

How Trek-Segafredo coped with having its bikes stolen at Strade Bianche

“Bad start to the day,” the tweet began. “Six Trek Emonda of the women team were stolen in the night.” You can imagine the frustration, the anger, and the panic that must have gone through the Trek-Segafredo camp. Course recon was done, riders were rested and ready, and everything was in place for the WorldTour …

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2020 Strade Bianche, Features, Interviews, Mavi Garcia, Racing, women's cycling -

Meet Mavi Garcia, the woman who very nearly won Strade Bianche

This past weekend the world saw a brilliant ride by Mavi Garcia. With a courageous solo attack at Strade Bianche the 36-year-old almost won the iconic race on Tuscany’s gravel roads. World champion Annemiek van Vleuten (Mitchelton-Scott), unbeaten this year, only caught the Spanish rider in the final six kilometres, leaving Garcia to settle for …

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Haunted by the absence of Nico Portal, Ineos begins to ride on

As Ineos returns to racing, they bear a heavy weight – the absence of Nicolas Portal, their lead director sportif and the architect of eight Grand Tour wins.

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2020 Strade Bianche, Features, Photo galleries, Racing -

Strade Bianche photo gallery: Clouds of dust under the Tuscan sun

The WorldTour season restarted at Strade Bianche on Saturday, but it wasn’t quite the Strade Bianche we’re used to. For starters, the races were held in scorching heat – you don’t get 37ºC temperatures at Strade Bianche in March. And then there was the dust that poured off the dry, gravel roads. So much dust. …

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2020 Strade Bianche, Demi Vollering, Features, Interviews, Racing -

It’s time you started paying attention to Demi Vollering

Last year, seemingly out of nowhere, a new name started appearing on our screens. At the 2019 Trofeo Binda, a neo-pro from Parkhotel Valkenburg attacked, prompting many people to frantically check ProCyclingStats to see who she was and where she came from. Her name: Demi Vollering, just 22 years old at the time, and the …

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